“Sparkles with insight.”—Daniel Pink This revolutionary book goes beyond any recent book on language to dissect how language operates in our minds and how to harness its virtually limitless power. As Dr. Marian explains, while you may well think you speak only one language, in fact your mind accommodates multiple codes of communication. Some people speak Spanish, some Mandarin....(展开全部)

To imagine – to see that which is not there – is the startling ability that has fuelled human development and innovation through the centuries. As a species we stand alone in our remarkable capacity to refashion the world after the pictures in our minds. Traversing the realms of science, politics, religion, culture, philosophy and history, Felipe Fernández-Armesto reveals the t...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·弗拉霍斯（James Vlahos） 《纽约时报》《连线》《大众科学》《科学美国人》《大西洋》《智族GQ》和《国家地理》等杂志著名记者，美国鬼才科普作家，以兴趣盎然、发人深省的方式来讨论复杂难懂的科学问题见长。 弗拉霍斯从20世纪80年代开始跟踪和报道智能语音技术，30多年来，他零距离地见证和细致地观察了这一领域的研究进展，曾与这一领域中的许多杰出人物直接对话，本书中的许多观点就是来自于他对一手访谈资料的提炼。

詹姆斯·弗拉霍斯（James Vlahos） 《纽约时报》《连线》《大众科学》《科学美国人》《大西洋》《智族GQ》和《国家地理》等杂志著名记者，美国鬼才科普作家，以兴趣盎然、发人深省的方式来讨论复杂难懂的科学问题见长。 弗拉霍斯从20世纪80年代开始跟踪和报道智能语音技术，30多年来，他零距离地见证和细致地观察了这一领域的研究进展，曾与这一领域中的许多杰出人物直接对话，本书中的许多观点就是来自于他对一手访谈资料的提炼。

“Utterly fascinating. Tim Harford shows that if you want to be creative and resilient, you need a little more disorder in your world.” —Adam Grant, New York Times-bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take “Engrossing.” —New York Times From the award-winning columnist and author of the national bestseller The Undercover Economist comes a provocative big idea book about t...(展开全部)

One of the leading pioneers in the field of organizational change suggests ways to release this spirit and dissipate the ""Soul Pollution"" -- apathy, stress, and exhaustion -- that plagues today's workforce.

One of the leading pioneers in the field of organizational change suggests ways to release this spirit and dissipate the ""Soul Pollution"" -- apathy, stress, and exhaustion -- that plagues today's workforce.

A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. The levels of inequality in the world today are on a scale that have not been seen in our lifetimes, yet the disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines how inequali...(展开全部)

A timely examination by a leading scientist of the physical, psychological, and moral effects of inequality. The levels of inequality in the world today are on a scale that have not been seen in our lifetimes, yet the disparity between rich and poor has ramifications that extend far beyond mere financial means. In The Broken Ladder psychologist Keith Payne examines how inequali...(展开全部)

In its first two decades, much of cognitive science focused on such mental functions as memory, learning, symbolic thought, and language acquisition -- the functions in which the human mind most closely resembles a computer. But humans are more than computers, and the cutting-edge research in cognitive science is increasingly focused on the more mysterious, creative aspects of ...(展开全部)